Amaranth

AmaranthusAlso called thorny weed, fox tail, ivy weed and bitter-weed

Amaranth is a seed. Cooks use it like a cereal grain.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Grains, flours & pasta
Part used: Seed
Family: Amaranthaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue

Photo: Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Around the world

Where amaranth is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use amaranth. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia2

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 2

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list amaranth among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Central America, South America
First cultivated: in Central America and South America

The 1970s
Interest in the seeds rose again during the 1970s.

On the table

Dishes made with amaranth

1 of the 2 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Nasi tempong
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include amaranth.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: amaranth in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What amaranth is called

Names in 109 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Amaranthus · amaranta · amarantos · amaranto
French
amarante · Amaranthus · amaranthe · Amarantes
Italian
Amaranthus · amaranto
Portuguese
Amaranto · Caruru-sem-espinho · Amaranthus · Amarantos
German
Amarant · Amaranth · Amaranthus · Fuchsschwanz
Dutch
amarant · Chinese spinazie · Amaranthus
Greek
αμάρανθος
Turkish
Amaranthus · Amranth · Amarant · bicik
Russian
амарант · Amaranthus · щирица · амарантус
Polish
Szarłat · Amaranthus · Amarantus
Arabic
قطيفة
Persian
تاج خروس · گل تاج خروس

Show all 109 languages

Albanian
Amaranthus
Aragonese
Amaranthus
Armenian
հավակատար
Asturian
Amaranthus
azb
قاراتره
Azerbaijani
Pəncər
Balinese
Bayem
Bambara
Buraburaba
Bangla
অ্যামারান্থাস
Banjar
Bayam
Bashkir
Амарант
Basque
Amaranto
Belarusian
аксамітнік · амарант
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
аксамітнік · Amarantus
Bikol
Amaranth
Bosnian
Amaranthus
Brazilian Portuguese
Amaranthus
Breton
Amarant · Amaranthus
Bulgarian
щир · Амарант · Amaranthus
Burmese
ဟင်းနုနယ်
Cantonese
莧屬
Catalan
Amaranthus · Amarant
Cebuano
Amaranthus
Chinese
苋属 · 野苋菜
Chuvash
Амарант
Croatian
Amarant
Czech
laskavec · Amaranthus
Egyptian Arabic
قطيفه
Erzya
Ципирькай
Esperanto
Amaranto · Amaranthus
Estonian
Rebashein · Amaranthus · amaranta
Extremaduran
Amaranthus
Filipino
Amaranto
Finnish
revonhännät · Amaranthus · Amarantit
Fula
Haako ndiyam
Galician
Amaranto
Georgian
ჯიჯლაყა
Hebrew
ירבוז
Hindi
चौलाई
Hungarian
disznóparéj · Amaranthus
Ido
Amaranto
Indonesian
Bayam · Daun bayam · Bayam biji
Interlingua
Amaranthus
Interlingue
Amaranthus
Irish
amarantas
Japanese
ヒユ属 · アマランサス属 · アマランス属
Javanese
Bayem
Kannada
ದಂಟು · ದಂಟಿನಸೊಪ್ಪು
Kashubian
Gąska
Kazakh
Амарант · Гүлтәжі
Kazakh (Arabic)
امارانت
Kazakh (China)
امارانت
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Амарант
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
Амарант
Kazakh (Latin)
Amarant
Kazakh (Türkiye)
Amarant
Kikuyu
Terere
Kinyarwanda
Dodo
Korean
비름속 · 아마란스
Kyrgyz
Ыкшар
Latin
Amaranthus
Latvian
amaranti
Lingala
Bítɛkutɛku · Amaranthus · Bitekuteku
Lithuanian
Burnotis · Amaranthus
Macedonian
штир · амарант · Amaranthus
Madurese
Bhâjem
Malagasy
Amaranthus · anantaribazaha
Malay
Bayam · Pokok Bayam
Malayalam
അമരാൻത്
Marathi
पोकळा
Mazanderani
آشکنی
Min Nan Chinese
Hēng-chhài
Minangkabau
Bayam
Mingrelian
ჯუმენია
nah
Huauhtli
Nias
Höwa
Norwegian Bokmål
Amarantslekta · Amarant
Norwegian Nynorsk
Amarantslekta
Occitan
Amaranthus
Ossetic
Амарант · Æвдадзон
Punjabi
ਚੁਲਾਈ
Quechua
Sankurachi · Amaranthus
Romanian
Amaranth
Sanskrit
वास्तुकम्
Scots
Amaranthus
Serbian
Amarant
Serbian (Latin)
amarant
Simplified Chinese
苋属
Simplified Chinese (China)
苋属
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
苋属
Slovenian
ščir · Amaranthus · amarant
Sundanese
Bayem
Swahili
Mchicha
Swedish
Amarantsläktet · Amaranth · Inkavete · Amaranter
Tamil
தண்டுக்கீரை
Tatar
амарант · Песи тарысы · Таҗгөл
Telugu
తోటకూర · అమరాంథస్ · తోట కూర
Thai
ผักขม
Traditional Chinese
莧屬
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
莧屬
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
莧屬
Tulu
ಪದ್ಪೆ
Tyap
nyinyep · nyinya̱p
Udmurt
Коӵышбыж · Курегпыд · Ӟазегпыд
Ukrainian
щириця · Амарант
Upper Sorbian
Šćěrjenc
Vietnamese
Chi Dền · Rau dền · Amaranthus
Volapük
Amaranthus
Waray
Amaranthus
Western Panjabi
کیویچا
Wu Chinese
苋属
Yoruba
Ẹ̀fọ́ Tẹ̀tẹ̀

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q156344

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